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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 27, 2028Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 May 2028373,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
373,651 km232,176 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2028 is on Wednesday, June 7, 2028 at 06:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 2028 at 08:16 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 24, 202808:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 31, 202807:37

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2028 to the new moon of June 22, 2028, a cycle of 29.42 days.